Sign-board.



PATENTED'MAY 12, 1908.

J. mam, SIGN BOARD. AiPLIOATION FILED MAY 24. 1907.

9/9 '11 eases a I I sign-board provided with novel means for at--'received loosely within a socket upon a stand-' .TACOli' FISHER, Ol"III'NTIXGT ON, INDIANA.

SIGN-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1908.

Application filed May 24, 1907. Serial No. 375,493.

The present invention relates to certain new ant useful improvements inadvertising devices and more particularly to an improved tractingattention thereto.

In general the invention resides in the provision of a sign-board whichis mounted in an exposed position so as to act-as a weather vane, thesaid sign-board carrying movable figures and a wind actuated wheel foroperating the movablefigures.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Fi ure 1 is a side elevation of a sign embodying the invention Fig. 2 isa vertical sectional view through the device; and, Fig.

3 is a detail view of the wind wheel and the crank shaft actuatedthereby.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indhated' in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Specifically describing the present embodimentof the invention thenumeral 1 desig nates a sign-board, the opposite faces of which aredesigned to receive any desired advertising matter. .The board 1 isprovided along its lower longitudinal edge and at a point toward one endthereof with a pintle 2 ard 3. In the present instancet is socket isshown as in the nature of a pair of screw eyes 4. When thus mounted inan exposed position, the board 1 will act as a weather vane and the end5 thereof will always poir; in

the direction from which the wind is blowing.

Carried by the end 5 of the board 1 is a frame 6 having a verticallyreciprocating bar 7 mounted thereon. This reciprocating bar 7 is looselyconnected to the crank portion 8 of a transverse shaft 9 journaled inthe frame 6, one end of the said shaft rejecting beyond the frame andhaving t e wind actuated i i l l l I l l l a l wheel 10 applied thereto.A figure 11 of any suitable type may be mounted upon the reciprocatingrod 7 and when the wind is blowing, the board 1 will hold the wheel 10in proper position to be actuated by the wind and impart an up and downmovement to thc figure 11. A projection 12 extends from the upper edgeof the board 1 and has a second figure 13 pivotally mounted thereon soas to have a rocking movement. In the present instance this figure 13 isin the nature of a horse, one end thereof being loosely connected to theupper extremity of the reci )rocating -rod 7 whereby when the wheel 10is turned, both of the figures 11 and 13 receive motion therefrom.

From the foregoing description, it will be readily apparent that with asign constructed in accordance with the principles of the presentinvention, the moving figures mounted thereon will be actuated by thewind and will serve to attract attention to the advertising matterplaced u )on the sign-board.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In an advertising device, the combination of a standard, a sign boardpivotally mounted upon the standard, a frame atone end of the signboard, a crank shaft journaled in the frame, a wind wheel for operatingthe crank shaft, a reciprocating bar mounted upon the fram'e andreceiving motion fromthe crank shaft, and a figure arranged within theframe and secured to the said reciprocating bar.

Inan advertising device, the combination of a standard, a sign boardpivotally mounted upon the standard, a frame at one end of the slgnboard, a horizontally disposed crank shaft ournaled 1n the frame, a wmdwheel for operating the crank shaft, 'a vertically reciprocating barmounted on the frame and receiving motion from the crank shaft, a figurearranged within the frame and applied to the said reciprocating bar, aproi cc tion upon the sign board, and a rocking ligtue pivotally mountedupon the. said rojection and engaging the abovementioned reciprocatingbar.

1 In testimony whereof I aflix'my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

' JACOB FISHER. \Vitnesses:

EDGAR E. KnLsnY, J 011 R. Dnr.

